Sent to me by a friendI have more I will post in a few weeks timeDon't worry folks you don't have to write any opinions or replyOn second thoughts IT IS ALL ABOUT POLITICS,Politicos welcome to post.The very last line in this post is all my own work,will I ever be quoted,I doubt it

n my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm and three or more is a government.John Adams

==================================If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.Mark Twain======================================Suppose you were an *****. And suppose you were a member of government. But then I repeat myself.Mark Twain===============================I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.Winston Churchill ================================A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.George Bernard Shaw================================Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.Douglas Casey, Classmate of Bill Clinton at Georgetown University

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Casey==================================Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian=====================================Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.Frederic Bastiat, French economist(1801-1850)====================================I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. Will RogersI suppose this is the man,maybe not, who knows.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Rogers=====================================If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free!P.J. O'Rourke

"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.

Interesting quotes Toubab. The underlying philosophy in all except in that of Mark Twain is neoliberalism. Many quotes like these may often serve as great 'soundbites', but they are not supported by reality. Neoliberalism, whether under Thatcher, Reagan, or Gen. Pinochet is seriously problematic....Thank you.

Thanks for your posting, it took a bit of thought which quotes to include that would gain responses from bantaba readership,you have highlighted this,so politicos MAY consider pushing keys on the computer keyboard,I must admit that when I saw the names,I had no idea at all who they were,hence the associated links against some names .

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Interesting quotes Toubab. The underlying philosophy in all except in that of Mark Twain is neoliberalism. Many quotes like these may often serve as great 'soundbites', but they are not supported by reality. Neoliberalism, whether under Thatcher, Reagan, or Gen. Pinochet is seriously problematic....Thank you.

Kayjatta is not an ..... :)

Here again you have exposed my lack of understanding of technical words . I had to look up the meaning of neoliberalism. My signature explains who I am well,so for those like me who do not use or understand such technical and specialist words here is a plain English link that will help you

Thanks for looking it up Toubab. I have no idea why I keep assuming that everyone knows just as much as I do .The second definition is close enough to what I mean - hence my grouping together of Thatcher, Reagan and the deadly Pinochet, all of whom firmly stood for neoliberal ideals with Pinochet taking more extreme measures...I wish Momodou would allow me to give details of why I think Twain is different .... :)

I think so,ALL the media embellishes the truth by using "Double entendre" in order to get more readers,viewers,listeners to sell their businesses for more $ or £s to pay the shareholders big bosses ,and undefined others or for personal enhancement and financial gain of a powerful person,because the owners of such media are frightened of the powerful person.so NO media tells the plain unvarnished truth or gives clear accurate facts,just like all politicians.